First one in everyone knows,
Last one in the one everyone tip toes.
Thirsts something everyone knows,
Glass out for a drink but nobody passed the hose.
Is dying living forever,
Who really knows?
Breathing in fire,
Singing to see the ashen snows.
I’m trying to live until whenever,
Only the tombstone will ever really know.
Sleeping post sun rising,
Feeding trees bones as we decompose.
Nothing more Romeo than watching my eyes close,
Nothing but poetry that nobody knows,
But the smile on my face still always shows.
The smile that’s stuck in place,
The face that always stays froze.
Dial in the number you haven’t for days,
Listen to the ringing preceding the tone.
Stare out the window to the summer haze,
Go outside,
Playing in that ashen snow.
Like a dead rose
Let’s expose
The uniquely worst
Politician
Who dreams of being the best
He’s no magician.
A villainous bully or a convicted criminal
Must not run for public office
We will never have peace
Things will never be normal
Otherwise we will have ubiquitous
Disenchantment and nonstop chaos
Let the dead rose
Fade away and decompose.
Copyright © September 2024, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved.
Hébert Logerie is the author of numerous books of poetry.
I'm not that person I was once atall
But I know it's difficult to accept
A liar, you promised no harm could befall
Please tell me why you didn't intercept
Didn't catch it when it fell
Wouldn't I do it for who?
Can hear every decibel
If you asked, I'd die for you
I don't hate you
I don't love you
I despise you
I disprize you
Why
Please
Say
Why
Do electricians ever become DElighted?
Did Mozart ever DEcompose?
Are politicians sometimes DEvoted?
Can students become DEtestable?
Are Egyptians sometimes in DEnial?
Can garden workers become DEflowered?
Once chosen can someone be DEpicted?
Do animals ever get DEtailed!
Can an engine receive a DEmotion?
Shoe salesmen are sometimes DEfeated!
Are tennis players ever DEserved?
Do former journalists become DEscribers?
Do exterminators ever get DEbugged?
Are fishermen great DEbaters?
I've heard carpet layers can suffer DElays!
A Repost
Baptized in the fires of pain
Judged by those with no name
Rise against those who take without shame
Show those fools they hold no sway
Your destination is all known
Six feet under you will go
Decomposition is thy art
For all that’s left is flesh and bone
Impurity is undefined
Listen to the words of the blind
Hearts all choked and full of pride
Where all goes yet nothing slide
Never mourning ever swarming
Turning black without warning
A million years of evolution
Never changed this revolution
From life to death that is the way
And that is how it shall remain.
Do electricians ever become DElighted?
Did Mozart ever DEcompose?
Are politicians sometimes DEvoted?
Can students become DEtestable?
Are Egyptians sometimes in DEnial?
Can garden workers become DEflowered?
Once chosen can someone be DEspickable?
Do animals ever get DEtailed!
Can an engine receive a DEmotion?
Shoe salesmen are sometimes DEfeated!
Are tennis players ever DEserved?
Do former journalists become DEscribers?
Do exterminators ever get DEbugged?
Are fishermen great DEbaters?
Have you heard carpet layers can suffer DElays!
Do electricians ever become DElighted?
Did Mozart ever DEcompose?
Are politicians sometimes DEvoted?
Can students become DEtestable?
Are Egyptians sometimes in DEnial?
Can nursery workers become DEflowered?
Once chosen can someone be DEpicted?
Pictures of animals can be very DEtailed!
Can an engine receive a DEmotion?
Shoe salesmen are sometimes DEfeated!
Are tennis players ever DEserved?
Do former journalists become DEscribers?
Do exterminators ever get DEbugged?
Are fishermen great DEbaters?
I've heard carpet layers can suffer DElays!
© Jack Ellison 2013
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